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Lohengrin as chamber opera in Patrick Bialdyga's Leipzig production
A new production of Lohengrin at Oper Leipzig is conceived as an intimate chamber opera and succeeds with brilliant musical performances.
Cynicism reigns in Katharina Wagner’s Fidelio in Tokyo
The most talked about new production in the New National Theatre Tokyo’s 20th anniversary season undercuts Beethoven’s idealism.
Imprisoned by love: Bayreuth's Tristan und Isolde
Despite a miscast Isolde, Wagner's operatic monument to love makes its mark in the production by the composer's great-grandaughter.
Diffuse new Tristan und Isolde at Bayreuth
A conceptually diffuse production of Tristan from Katharina Wagner is partially redeemed by stirring orchestral playing under the direction of Christian Thielemann and some fine singing at the opening of the Wagner Festival at Bayreuth.